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Free and useful online resources for designer and developersMon, 02 Mar 2015 16:14:08 +0000en-UShourly112 Best CSS Generators For UI Animations & Elementshttp://www.smashingapps.com/2015/03/02/12-best-css-generators-for-ui-animations-elements.html
http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/03/02/12-best-css-generators-for-ui-animations-elements.html#commentsMon, 02 Mar 2015 16:03:39 +0000http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=49672For today’s round up, we have chosen 12 CSS generators for UI elements and animations that you can download for free. These online generators comes very handy when you need to build beautiful sleek CSS buttons and transitions to create a better user experience that require plenty of configurations. Online generators simply display the designated preview based on CSS code and save you loads of time.

Scroll through our wonderful collection and be inspired to create your own artworks, as well. Do let us know what you think about this compilation. Feel free to share your opinions and comments with us via comment section below. Have fun!!

]]>http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/03/02/12-best-css-generators-for-ui-animations-elements.html/feed18 Free Analytics Tools To Help You Manage Social Mediahttp://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/27/8-free-analytics-tools-to-help-you-manage-social-media.html
http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/27/8-free-analytics-tools-to-help-you-manage-social-media.html#commentsFri, 27 Feb 2015 16:09:48 +0000http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=49747In this collection, you will see 8 free and outstanding analytics tools which help you to manage social media. In the last few years, we saw that social media has become very popular especially for the business point of view. So if you are the owner of any company or brand and using social media for your business growth then you should see this article.

All these tools will definitely help you to achieve your business goals. Please tell us what do you think about this article and share this article to your social friends our comment section is below. Do let us know what do you think about this compilation. Feel free to share your opinions and comments with us via comment section below.

]]>http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/27/8-free-analytics-tools-to-help-you-manage-social-media.html/feed310 Amazing Free Adobe Lightroom Presetshttp://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/26/10-amazing-free-adobe-lightroom-presets.html
http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/26/10-amazing-free-adobe-lightroom-presets.html#commentsThu, 26 Feb 2015 16:31:28 +0000http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=49777Today, we have come up with 10 amazing free Adobe lightroom presets. Adobe lightroom is a popular photography software by Adobe that has gained popularity among the web designers as well in the recent few years. Therefore, this time around we are presenting 10 excellent presets of Adobe Lightroom that will be helpful in keeping everything organized. Presets are same as that of actions for Photoshop.
Come and look into these colorful and cute Adobe lightroom presets that will certainly gratify your everyday photography needs… Do let us you’re your opinions about this collection. Enjoy!!!

]]>http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/26/10-amazing-free-adobe-lightroom-presets.html/feed2The Ultimate Roundup Of 38 Delicious Photoshop Food Tutorialshttp://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/25/the-ultimate-roundup-of-38-delicious-photoshop-food-tutorials.html
http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/25/the-ultimate-roundup-of-38-delicious-photoshop-food-tutorials.html#commentsWed, 25 Feb 2015 16:28:59 +0000http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=49833For today’s assortment, we have compiled a list of 38 tremendous Photoshop food tutorials. Adobe Photoshop is a wonderful software that has been extensively used all over the world for image editing and photo manipulation. Though, mastering this software is not at all easy task to do. You have to be very hard working and patient in order to master your Photoshop skills.

We have collected some detailed and step by step tutorials for you that will be very helpful for you. You simply have to experiment with different techniques to see what feeling they give you as having expertise in Photoshop can help you greatly in producing amazing results. Here we’ve compiled a list of 50 great Photoshop food tutorials for you. Enjoy!

In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to take pieces from multiple photos and seamlessly blend them into a “coffee cake” photo manipulation. This tutorial will also explore unique ways to work with paths and smart objects. Let’s get started!

To know digital painting at any level, you need to know the best workflow while using the software. In today’s quick tip, we’ll tackle Hard vs. Soft Brushes in Adobe Photoshop. I’ll show you the difference between the two, and the common painting scenarios that work best for each brush.

In this tutorial, I will walk you through the process of making a yummy sweet text in Photoshop. We will use the basic tools and effects along to achieve the final outcome in short time. So let’s begin!

This time I’ve got for you a fun tutorial, we’ll create a cereal box design from scratch, using only Photoshop. We will render several fruit flavored cereal loops using the Photoshop’s CS4 Extended 3D tools, apply textures to the loops, bump the surfaces and mock-up them into a real 2D image. Are you ready?

Learn how to draw this beautiful drawing of a yolk in an egg shell. This extremely detailed tutorial will show you how to create a realistic broken egg shell and add reflections and shadows to create the curvature of the yolk.

In this tutorial we will show you how Photoshop CS6 Extended’s new 3D tools can be utilized to create a typographic illustration. We will also use plenty of free stock images and make full use of Photoshop’s non-destructive features, such as Adjustment Layers and Masks. Let’s get started!

In this case study/icon tutorial Edward Sanchez will share with us the creative process behind one of his personal projects, a really cool icon called the Real Apple Logo. The image mixes real photography with the Apple logo in Photoshop to create this super cool icon.

This illustration was created using Photoshop shapes and a bit of painting. If you don’t know how to work with Pen Tool you can first get acquainted with this lesson that fully explains all the functions of this tool. Let’s get started!

Here we learn how to use lots of vibrant color to create a slightly abstract photo manipulation using pencils and fruit. We will learn how to use the pen tool effectively and also some freehand brushing which looks good.

In this tutorial, I’ll be showing you how to draw a shiny green apple. We’ll have a look at various painting techniques throughout this tutorial. It will be fun and you’ll learn something new – let’s started!

This Photoshop tutorial is thought for greedy people (like me!). Today we will create a delicious chocolate-covered text effect. We will create some details on paper, then we will work with layer styles to achieve the nice result.

Kiwi is a delicious, exotic, and good lookin’ fruit! Its textures and colors are just so vibrant and fresh. This tutorial will show you how to use some kiwi stock images to create an awesome kiwi-inspired text effect. Let’s get started!

In this tutorial, we will use a combination of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create a realistic-looking ketchup text effect. We will also show how to smear or smudge the ketchup effect in an optional step at the end. Let’s get started!

In the following tutorial I will guide you through the process of creating a cookie text effect purely in Adobe Photoshop. The effect is quite stunning and easy to do, plus it could be used on variety of textures and materials in order to achieve a different look.

This tutorial will show you how to create a delicious strawberry-inspired text effect. Many layer style will be used to achieve the main shape and texture, a simple brush will be created for the seeds, and a stock image will be used to add the leaves.

This tutorial explains how to create a simple pattern, then how to use it along with a couple of Layer Layer Styles to make a chocolate bar like text effect. It then explains how to modify a simple brush to add a nice filling to the text, and finally, adding some adjustment layers to complete the effect.

In this quick tip tutorial we will explain how to create a cookie text effect using layer styles and textures in Photoshop. Let’s get started!

]]>http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/25/the-ultimate-roundup-of-38-delicious-photoshop-food-tutorials.html/feed1Exciting CSS Apps, Tools, & Resources For Developershttp://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/23/exciting-css-apps-tools-resources-for-developers.html
http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/23/exciting-css-apps-tools-resources-for-developers.html#commentsMon, 23 Feb 2015 15:15:17 +0000http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=44818Developing brilliant websites with appropriate coding to respond and appeal to all kinds of users is a taxing task for designers. To avoid creating similar websites the designer use different combination of HTML and CSS but this difficult to achieve every time because there is so much competition in this field of development that creating flawlessly amazing designs becomes quite a challenge. To ease the pressure on designers there are many CSS apps, tools and resources available online that help the Web designers in achieving an ingenious result with every website. The developers should be armed with immense imagination and creativity to manipulate these resources perfectly to attain a unique layout which will generate abundant viewers. Such resources are easily available to all.

We have collected awesome apps, tools and resources to help the designers in generating exciting CSS styled designs to complement their HTML amazingly. Have a look at the collection and benefit from it regardless!!

]]>http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/23/exciting-css-apps-tools-resources-for-developers.html/feed312 Free CMS Alternatives To WordPresshttp://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/20/12-free-cms-alternatives-to-wordpress.html
http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/20/12-free-cms-alternatives-to-wordpress.html#commentsFri, 20 Feb 2015 14:25:32 +0000http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=45268WordPress is the first thing that comes to our mind whenever we think about content management system (CMS). There is no doubt in it that WordPress is the king of CMS, however, there are plenty of other alternatives that you can use. All these CMS alternatives are free to use and provide good functionality as well. So, if you feel a bit bloated due to WordPress long legacy and want to use some alternative, then this post is for you.

In this compilation, you will find 12 free CMS alternatives to WordPress. Some of these alternatives focus more on powering portfolio websites while some other only cater to writers and bloggers who want no distractions rather want to focus only on the words.

Many content management systems are focused on developer or site owner needs, but concrete5 is a CMS that truly delivers the best to both worlds. An in-context editing toolbar makes it easy to make changes as you navigate the live website. A truly MVC architecture and API make it easy for developers to truly use the CMS as building blocks.

GetSimple is an open source Simple CMS that utilizes the speed and convenience of flat file XML, a best-in-class UI and the easiest learning curve of any lite Content Management System out there. It requires no database and has a powerful plugin system that allows for unlimited expansion.

Zotonic is the open source, high speed, real-time web framework and content management system, built with Erlang. It is flexible, extensible and designed from the ground up to support dynamic, interactive websites and mobile solutions.

Jaws is a Framework and Content Management System for building dynamic web sites. It aims to be User Friendly giving ease of use and lots of ways to customize web sites, but at the same time is Developer Friendly, it offers a simple and powerful framework to hack your own modules.

Create a CMS using the tools you already know. Make static websites editable by adding a CSS class.

]]>http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/20/12-free-cms-alternatives-to-wordpress.html/feed5Collection of Javascript & HTML5 Game Engines Librarieshttp://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/19/collection-of-javascript-html5-game-engines-libraries.html
http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/19/collection-of-javascript-html5-game-engines-libraries.html#commentsThu, 19 Feb 2015 16:30:32 +0000http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=43707In this roundup, we have compiled some HTML5 & Javascript game libraries. These game libraries let you create game like the ones you have on your phones without requiring you to build it from the scratch. Javascript and HTML5 games are gaining huge popularity mainly because of the mobile platforms, and with the rise of smartphone market, the HTML5 and JavaScript games have risen too.

With this collection, we aim to share a list of some useful Javascript and HTML5 game libraries. Each of them has different functions and there is a huge variety to choose from. You can also take help from tutorials and even comprehensive documentation in order to make your work easier. Enjoy!

Pulse is a graphics and game building engine. It uses HTML5 canvases to layer and render graphics in a web browser. It also provides the basic objects, utilities, and mechanics to build games quickly and easily.

GMP is great for making sprite-based, 2-D games, and it can easily power most retro-style arcade game designs. It is also well suited to making puzzles such as sudoku or gogopop. Check out the games on this site to see what it can do.

clanfx is a 2D, tile-based Javascript game engine developed using Javascript and CSS. It currently works in Firefox, Epiphany and Opera browsers. Features include many animated sprites, spell effects, buildings, tiles/textures and basic game AI.

lycheeJS is a JavaScript Game library that offers a complete solution for prototyping and deployment of HTML5 Canvas, WebGL or native OpenGL(ES) based games inside the Web Browser or native environments.

FlashJS is JavaScript graphics and game development engine with API similar to Flash one.It`s HTML5 game development tool, based on verified for years Flash methodology.Just write ActionScript 3 code inside of actionscript tag.

GameQuery is an easy to use jQuery plug-in to help make javascript game development easier by adding some simple game-related classes. If you know how to use jQuery you almost know how to use gameQuery.

EaselJS provides straight forward solutions for working with rich graphics and interactivity with HTML5 Canvas. It provides an API that is familiar to Flash developers, but embraces Javascript sensibilities.

CopperLicht is a WebGL library and JavaScript 3D engine for creating games and 3d applications in the webbrowser. It uses the WebGL canvas supported by modern browsers and is able to render hardware accelerated 3d graphics without any plugins.

The Render Engine is a cross-browser, open source game engine written entirely in JavaScript. Designed from the ground up to be extremely flexible, it boasts an extensive API and uses the newest features of today’s modern browsers.

]]>http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/19/collection-of-javascript-html5-game-engines-libraries.html/feed440 High Quality Yet Free Website Templates PSDshttp://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/16/40-high-quality-yet-free-website-templates-psds.html
http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/16/40-high-quality-yet-free-website-templates-psds.html#commentsMon, 16 Feb 2015 15:31:08 +0000http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=47717Here is another fresh collection of some free and high quality website templates in PSD format. Creating a website design from scratch is very time consuming and tough job. In this case, if you can find some high quality and free website templates that you can edit according to your needs and preferences. This will help you save your time and efforts.

So, without any further ado, here we are presenting 40 extremely high quality free PSD website templates for you. Feel free to download as many as you want. Do let us know what you think about this collection via comment section below. Enjoy!

]]>http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/16/40-high-quality-yet-free-website-templates-psds.html/feed78 Free eBook For Mobile App Developershttp://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/13/8-free-ebook-for-mobile-app-developers.html
http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/13/8-free-ebook-for-mobile-app-developers.html#commentsFri, 13 Feb 2015 17:39:56 +0000http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=49081If you are into mobile app development, you know that this is the most difficult profession as it requires you to take several things into account before you even start working on any app development. Moreover, it is a forever learning process so you need to keep yourself up to date with the latest trend and developments in the industry. Learning process will help in increasing efficiency and productivity in the long run. The process is the same whether you develop applications for desktop or mobile.

Here, we are sharing 8 free eBooks that will greatly help you with your mobile app development work and teach you lots of good things as well. These eBooks would be your prefect resource to strengthen your grip on the subject. Enjoy!

]]>http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/13/8-free-ebook-for-mobile-app-developers.html/feed47 Offbeat Android Apps For Social Media Lovershttp://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/12/7-offbeat-android-apps-for-social-media-lovers.html
http://www.smashingapps.com/2015/02/12/7-offbeat-android-apps-for-social-media-lovers.html#commentsThu, 12 Feb 2015 16:17:07 +0000http://www.smashingapps.com/?p=49216This time we are showcasing some useful and exciting apps for social media lovers. These are basically Android apps that are extremely popular among social media fans. Social media is a kind of a bridge that is slowly bringing the virtual and real worlds together. Here we have listed top 7 Android apps for social media users who want to stay connected with their friends.

With these apps, users can connect with each other as well as can share information, skills and experiences. This is the advantage of the technology that you can share information by sitting in the comforts of your homes and also from your offices. Let us have a look at this compilation. Share your views on this post via comment section below. Enjoy!